Ancient Greek History
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Updated: 16 Dec 2023
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Croesus conquers Greek cities of Asia minorBurning of SardisBurning of MiletusPersian invasion attempt 1Persian invasion attempt 2 (naval)Battle of Marathonfirst evidence of ostracism, archons chosen by lotDarius diesAthens constructs a navyBattle of ThermopolaeBattle of SalamisBattle of PlataiaPisistratos seizes power (first time)Cylon's rebellionDraco's reforms (rough time estimate)Pisistratos's final coupMurder of HipparchusKing Cleomenes unseats HippiasPower struggle between Isagoras and CleisthenesAthens attempts alliance with PersiaAthens consolidates (rough)Solon's sole archonshipBy this time, Sparta controls southwestern PelopponneseSecond Messenian WarArgos defeats Sparta (Battle of Hysiae)Siciliy sets up colony at NaxosFirst tyranny (Pheidon of Argos)Grave of the Griffin Warriordestruction of Bronze Age Greece completeAristides ostracisedHellenic league formedBattle of MycaleAthenians assume control over Hellenic league fleetDelian League formsWidespread use of bronze and other metals in the AegeanFirst palaces in Cretemainland contacts with Crete and the Near EastCretans develop Linear AMycenae and other sites become power centers, small kingdoms emergeMycenaeans take over CreteKnossos destroyedTholos tombsLinear B WritingAthens burnsInvaders loot and burn the palace centers, cultural decline followssmall chiefdoms establishedmigration of mainland Greeks to IoniaIron technologyDorian Greeks settle in the mainland/islandsGreek alphabetEarliest templesFirst Olympic GamesEarliest known stone inscription of a lawLycurgus's reformsSparta dominant in the PeloponnesusTrial of MiltiadesBeginnings of science and philosophyHelot rebellionThemistocles exiledreforms of Ephialtesrise of PericlesAthenians move treasury to AthensPeace of CalliasPericles limits citizenshipThucydides begins his History (roughly)Athenian land empire collapsesDelian League seizes EionDelian League clears pirates out of SkyrosNaxos revolts from Delian LeagueBattle of Eurymedon, Persians expelledThasos revoltsEarthquake in SpartaCimon ostracizedhigh point of Athenian democracyEphialtes murderedBattle of TanagraAthens repels Corinthian invasion of MegaraEpidamnus/Corcyra/Corinth conflictMegarian DecreeTheban attack on Platearevolt of Chiosoligarchic coup in AthensBattle of ArginusaeBattle of Aegospotamifirst amnesty in Greek historyCyrus's coupSpartan campaigns in Asia minorLysander dies in battleKing's PeaceThebes expels SpartaBattle of LeuktraBattle of MantineaMessenia FreedSpartan hegemony ends permanentlyKing Philip II ascends the thronePhilip II gains control of ThessalyConflict in Perinthos sparks outbreak of warPhilip blocks grain imports to AthensBattle of ChaeroneaEND OF ANCIENT GREEK INDEPENDENCEPhilip subdues Paeonians and AgrariansPhilip captures Amphipolis and PydnaPhilip captures PotideaPhilip captures MethonePhilip defeats PhocisPhilip captures OlynthusFirst meeting of Corinthian LeagueCorinthian League plans invasion of PersiaFirst advance mission into PersiaPhilip murderedAlexander ascends the thronePeace of NiciasAlexander burns Thebesno more thebes :(Alexander's campaign in Persia beginsBattle of GranicusAlexander crosses into SyriaBattle of IsisAlexander leaves Egypt for PersiaAlexander dies in BabylonBattle of GalgamelaPersepolis burnsDarius III is killedAlexander becomes king of PersiaArtaxerxes is murdered, Darius III becomes kingPlague in AthensPericles diesAthenian victory at PylosCimon impeached for briberyAthens helps besiege the helots, but is dismissedmax extent of Athenian empireend of Egyptian campaignCimon returns from exile5-year peace beginsThucydides's account stopsPeriods
interactions between Greeks and PersiansIonian revoltsPisistratos's ruleWestern phase of colonizationEastern and Northern phase of colonizationHomer's poetry written down8th century renaissancecollapse of Bronze Age Sparta?mentions of Sea Peoples in Egyptian sourcesDark AgeMinoan CreteNeolithic periodEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLerna and other sites destroyedIncursions of Indo-European speakers and their gods into GreeceLate Bronze AgeTrojan WarHeight of Mycenaean power and prosperityEarly Iron Age IPalace system collapsesLefkandi (rough)Greece begins to recoverEarly Iron Age IIFirst Messenian War (rough)evolution of hoplitesArchaic Periodcity-states emergeperiod of tyrannyCleisthenes's reformsClassical PeriodGrowth of democracy in Athensprominence of CimonHerodotus working on HistoriesConstruction of the ParthenonFirst Peloponnesian War (UNDECLARED)Second ("real") Peloponnesian Warseige of Thasosprominence of PericlesSicilian ExpeditionIonian/Dekilean War30 tyrants in AthensKorinthian WarTheban hegemonyThird Sacred WarMacedon captures Athens' remaining northern allies"Thirty Years' Peace"Archidamean WarMitelene Revolt
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